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Saola Working Group

Organization

Field	Value
logo	[[File:Saola Working Group Logo.jpg	centre	200px]]
type	Non-profit Organization
founded_date	2006
location_country	Laos and Vietnam
area_served	Annamite Range
key_people	William Robichaud (Coordinator)
focus	Saola Conservation
num_volunteers	18
homepage

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The Saola Working Group (SWG) is a working group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group, created in 2006{{cite web |access-date = 2012-10-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121217020824/http://www.globalwildlife.org/affiliates |archive-date = 2012-12-17 |url-status = dead

The Saola is one of the most endangered species in the world. Discovered in 1992 it was the first large mammal new to science in more than 50 years and has never been seen by a biologist in the wild.{{cite web The Saola Working Group is a coalition that includes about 40 experts from the forestry departments of Laos and Vietnam, Vietnam's Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vinh University, and biologists and conservationists from Wildlife Conservation Society and the World Wildlife Fund.{{cite web

Programs

The Saola Working Group works with local communities in both Vietnam and Laos to raise awareness of the importance of the Saola. Villagers are hired to remove hunting snares that are among the biggest threats to the animal. Camera traps to document range and population of Saola are another primary focus.{{cite web New research published showing that leeches can store DNA from their meals for several months has led the SWG to sample leeches in the Annamite Range in hopes to find saola DNA.{{cite journal

William Robichaud representing the Saola Working Group is a regular featured guest speaker at the annual Wildlife Conservation Network Expo.{{cite web

References

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